Immigration woes surprise family
Janna Goerdt Duluth News Tribune
Published Monday, December 03, 2007

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It was a lousy Thanksgiving for the Miechkota family in International Falls.

Rather than enjoying their time together, the family was thinking of their daughter and sister, Peggy Miechkota, who has been held β€” first in the Sherburne County Jail, then in the Grand Forks County Correctional Center in North Dakota β€” since Oct. 17 for being an illegal immigrant from Canada, an allegation that was a shock to her family.

β€œIt’s been pure hell,β€